Size-dependent upconversion luminescence and quenching mechanism of LiYF4: Er3+/yb3+ nanocrystals with oleate ligand adsorbed

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 989-999

  Xue, Xiaojie ^a   Uechi, Shinya ^a   Tiwari, Rajanish N ^a   Duan, Zhongchao ^a   Liao, Meisong ^a   Yoshimura, Masamichi ^a   Suzuki, Takenobu ^a   Ohishi, Yasutake ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANO SCALE; QUENCHING MECHANISMS; SIZE DEPENDENT; SIZE RANGES; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SURFACE QUENCHING; UP-CONVERSION; UP-CONVERSION LUMINESCENCE;

LASER EXCITATION; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ERBIUM;

EID: 84880423176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000989     Document Type: Article

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